Mathematics is the basis of casino games which are the bedrock of a $100 billion/year industry. Mathematics of the Big Four Casino Table Games: Blackjack Baccarat Craps & Roulette takes an in-depth look at the four biggest table games in casinos: blackjack baccarat craps and roulette. It guides readers through the mathematical principles that underpin these games and their different variations providing insights that will be of huge interest to gamblers casino managers researchers and students of mathematics. Features A valuable teaching resource replete with exercises for any course on gambling mathematics Suitable for a wide audience of professionals researchers and students Many practical applications for the gambling industry Mark Bollman is Professor of Mathematics and chair of the Department of Mathematics & Computer Science at Albion College in Albion Michigan and has taught 116 different courses in his career. Among these courses is Mathematics of the Gaming Industry where mathematics majors carefully study the math behind games of chance and travel to Las Vegas Nevada in order to compare theory and practice. He has also taken those ideas into Albion’s Honors Program in Great Issues in Humanities: Perspectives on Gambling which considers gambling from literary philosophical and historical points of view as well as mathematically. Mark has also authored Basic Gambling Mathematics: The Numbers Behind the Neon Mathematics of Keno and Lotteries and Mathematics of Casino Carnival Games. |Mathematics of The Big Four Casino Table Games Blackjack Baccarat Craps & Roulette | Mathematics
